Bottle-stopper.



J. E. HAGER. BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 13, 1911, I

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application filed January 13, 1911. Serial No. 602,390.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN E. HAGER, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to a bottle stopper, and more particularly to astopper for use on a bottle whereby the bottle is made nonrefillable.

An object of my invention is to provide a new and novel form of stopper,which may be permanently rolled on to the bottle.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device whereby liquidmay readily be poured from the bottle, but is so constructed andarranged that it is not possible to refill the bottle.

A still further object of my invention is to so arrange the parts thatit is not possible to tamper with the sealing mechanism.

I attain these objects by positioning on the mouth of a bottle, an innerand an outer cap, one telescoping over the other, to close the mouth ofthe bottle, one of the telescoping members having side outlet apertures,and in order to further seal the opening, a funnel-shaped member isinserted in the throat of the bottle and a cone sealing member falls bygravity into the bottom of said funnel, to shut off communication withthe same.

With the above and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the present invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is atransverse sectional view taken through the neck of a bottle in avertical position and showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is aside view similar to Fig. l, but showing the neck tilted with thesealing cone unseated and the outer cap raised; Fig. 3 is a detailedsectional view of the outer cap taken in a plane through the verticalaxis thereof before being applied to the bottle; Fig. 4 is a similarview of the inner cap; and Fig. 5 is a corresponding view of thefunnel-shaped sealing member.

In the figures, I have disclosed a preferred form of bottle having aneck 1, the upper portion of which is offset to form a shoulder 2, belowwhich is an integral rim 3. Fitting the upper portion of the neck of thebottle, is an inner cap 4 of a general cylindrical structure, as shownin Fig. 4:, said cap having an open top 5 and having the sides thereofcrimped into screw threads 6. This cylindrical inner cap is placed onthe top of the neck of the bottle, and is rolled to conform to theconfiguration of the neck of the bottle, so that when assembled 011 thebottle, the inner cap has a beveled shoulder 7 below the screw threads6, and the end is rolled over and around the rim 3, thereby firmlyiocking this metallic member on to the glass bottle. Telescoping overthe inner cap 4 is a cylindrical closed end outer cap 8, having screwthreads 9 in threaded engagement with the screw threads 6 on the innercap. After this outer cap is placed on the inner cap, the inner open endis formed into an inturned flange 10, projecting inward to thecylindrical neck portion 11 between the shoulders 7 and the rim 3,whereby the outer cap may be screwed up on the bottle, thereby openingthe passage through the throat of the bottle to the outside through thecircumferentially-disposed outer apertures 12 in the upper side of theouter cap 8. Interposed between the tops of the inner and outer caps, isplaced a paper or cork washer 13. By this arrangement it will be seenthat by rotating the outer cap upward from its position shown in Fig. 1,the apertures 12 will be raised above the outer edge of the top of theneck, thereby permitting a free flow of the liquid through the apertures12. In order to prevent the refilling of this bottle, I have placed afunnel-shaped member 1 1 within the throat of the bottle with theprojecting flange 15 thereof resting on the outer edge 16 of the bottle,whereby it will be seen that this member is held in position on theupper edge by the inner cap member 4. Within this funnel is a cone l7,conforming in shape to the contour of the funnel member, whereby whenthe bottle is in a'vertical position, the weight of this cone will causeit to fall to the bottom of the funnel, thereby sealing the opening 18and preventing any liquid flowing into the bottle. In order tofacilitate the flow of liquid out of the bottle about all portions ofthis cone, the latter is provided with grooves 19 on its side, extendingfrom the base to a point just within the meeting line of the cone withthe end of the funnel. It will be seen that by this arrangement theliquid can flow freely through the grooves when the device is in tiltedposition, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby facilitating the outflow of theliquid from the bottle.

Many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparentlywidely different embodiments of this invention could be made withoutdeparting from the scope of it. It is intended that all matterscontained herein, in the above description, or shown in the accompanyingdrawings, shall be interpreted, as illustrative and not in a limitingsense. It is also to be understood that the language used in thefollowing claim is merely intended to cover all the generic and specificfeatures of the invention herein described and all statements of thescope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said tofall therebetween, and that materials, sizes and relativities of partsare non-essential except as called for in the claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A bottle having an outlet neck, a funnelshaped valve housing mounted insaid neck and having a flange resting upon the outer edge of said neck,a conical valve mounted in said valve housing, diverging arms eX-tending from said valve, a sleeve rigidly mounted upon said outlet neckand provided with a flange at its outer end resting upon the flange ofsaid valve housing and extend ing partially across said housing, thearms of said valve being adapted to engage said sleeve flange to limitthe outward movement of said valve, and a perforated sleeve mounted uponsaid first mentioned sleeve.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN EDWVARD HAGER.

WVitnesses:

W. S. ORTON, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

